Sambuca di Sicilia

Sambuca di Sicilia is an appellation in Italy in Sambuca Di Sicilia. The rules allow white and red wine. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies around the town of Sambuca di Sicilia and 18 km north-east of Sciacca.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Wine/Wine From Raisined Grapes

Protected since

2004-04-14

Area

9,614 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

9.94 × 18.71 km

Centre

37.6628° N, 13.1446° E

Grapes

Aglianico, Albanello, Alicante Bouschet, Alicante, Ancellotta, Ansonica, Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Carignano, Carricante, Catanese Nero, Catarratto Bianco Comune, Catarratto Bianco Lucido, Chardonnay, Chenin, Ciliegiolo, Corinto Nero, Damaschino, Fiano, Frappato, Gaglioppo, Glera, Grecanico Dorato, Grillo, Malbech, Malvasia Bianca, Malvasia Di Lipari, Manzoni Bianco, Merlot, Minnella Bianca, Mondeuse, Montepulciano, Montonico Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Giallo, Nerello Cappuccio, Nerello Mascalese, Nocera, Perricone, Petit Manseng, Petit Verdot, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Riesling Renano, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Semillon, Syrah, Tannat, Tempranillo, Trebbiano Toscano, Vermentino, Vernaccia Di S. Giminiano, Viognier

Other grapes

Mueller Thurgau, Nero D'Avola, Zibibbo

Min planting density

3,200 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Sambuca di Sicilia

Nearest city

18 km north-east of Sciacca 40,569 people

To the sea

19 km

Same latitude

Southeast Anatolia (Türkiye), River Junction (United States)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

166–1,175 m

Mean elevation

437 m

Mean slope

10.1° (18 %)

Steepest tenth

above 19°

Faces

several directions, mostly south-west

Measured over the whole outline on 105,751 elevation cells of about 30 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Wines and grape rules

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)100%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 1

• Sambuca Di Sicilia

Wineries · 1

• Cantina DiPrima

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications